The Israeli occupation army announced - at dawn on Wednesday the ninth of February 2022 - that an anti-aircraft missile fired by the Syrian regime forces exploded in the center of the country.

The army said - in a tweet posted on its Twitter account - that after activating the sirens in the Umm al-Fahm area (north), an anti-aircraft missile was identified that was launched from Syrian territory towards Israeli territory.

He added that the missile exploded in the air, and it was not actually intercepted because it was not needed.

The following is the story of the Syrian missiles that penetrate Israeli airspace from time to time.

Russian deal

January 2005: The Russian newspaper "Kommersant" reported that Moscow is preparing to sell Damascus "Iskander-I" or "SS-26" missiles with a range of 280 km, which are upgraded to the SS Scud missiles. -22" that Iraq used to strike Tel Aviv during the 1991 Gulf War.

The newspaper reported that Israel recalled its ambassador in Moscow, in protest against this move.

While the Israeli Foreign Ministry denied the news, stressing that he is on vacation in Israel.

The newspaper said that Syria submitted a request to Russia two years ago to purchase 18 missiles of this type, but these missiles were not yet tested in Russia, which prompted Damascus to order other Kornet and Metis missiles.

At the time, the United States warned Russia against selling missiles to Syria, describing this deal as "unjustified" and threatening "potential sanctions."

- Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said that he had made contacts about blocking the Russian deal a few days ago and that he hoped to reach an understanding with the Russian government.

September 2010: Moscow announced that it would sell Syria "Yakhont B-800" missiles, according to Russian news agencies, and stated that it would deliver "Yakhont missiles to Syria, we will fulfill the contract" signed between the two countries in 2007.

The missiles have a range of 300 kilometers and can carry a warhead weighing 200 kilograms. They can also fly at a height of only a few meters from the surface of the water, making them difficult to detect and intercept.

- At the time, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that the Israeli Defense Minister had failed to persuade Russia not to sell Syria advanced Yakhont anti-ship missiles, a deal he considered "complicating the situation" in the Middle East.

Lieberman considered that the $300 million deal "does not help in spreading stability and peace in the region."

An Israeli official quoted then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying - in a closed meeting with members of the Likud party - that "the deal is very problematic" for Israel, but he failed to persuade Russia to back down from it.

- May 2013: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Russia's delivery of missiles to Syria would "destabilize" the Middle East and pose a threat to Israel's security.

- June 2013: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Moscow has "not yet delivered" S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Syria, "not to disturb the balance of power" in the region, while Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said that "The delivery of these missiles to Syria cannot take place before 2014."

July 2013: Israeli Army Radio reported that Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni was visiting Russia in an attempt to prevent the delivery of a shipment of S-300 missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Iranian factories

November 2014: The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that Tehran had established a number of factories for the production of missiles in Syria, and considered that Hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance had become powerful in the missile field.

- The semi-official Fars news agency quoted Zadeh as saying that the missile factories established in Syria are producing Iranian-designed missiles, and added, "In fact, we received training from them, but we taught them production later. The missile industry was supplied to Syria by Iran, It has become such that even the resistance front learned to manufacture its missiles from Iran.”

March 2017: Syrian air defenses chase Israeli warplanes after carrying out raids in Syria and some missile fragments fell in the area south of Lake Tiberias and in areas in northern Jordan as well, and sirens sounded in the Jordan Valley.

February 10, 2018: Syria launched a SA5 missile, in response to an attack carried out by Israeli planes in the Damascus area that shot down an Israeli F-16i warplane, after which it pursued and shot down east of Haifa, and the pilot was forced to make an emergency parachute landing, and several Syrian surface-to-air missiles were seen in the sky of Tel Aviv.

Dimona nuclear reactor

May 2018: Israeli occupation army spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said that the Iranian Quds Force fired about 20 missiles and shells from the Golan Heights at Israeli targets.

April 14, 2021: The Israeli army announced that it had detected the launch of 3 missiles from Syria towards Israel.

An Israeli military statement indicated that one of the missiles fell on Syrian territory, while two missiles fell in open, uninhabited areas, without providing any other details.

April 22, 2021: A Syrian missile reached the area of ​​the Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev, and its fragments are scattered in different areas of the Negev desert in southern Israel.

August 19, 2021: A Syrian missile exploded over the Dead Sea, which had been launched to repel an Israeli air attack near the capital Damascus at the same time.

September 3, 2021: A missile explodes in the sea off Tel Aviv, chasing Israeli warplanes that raided targets near the capital, Damascus.

surface-to-air missiles

- November 24, 2021: a Syrian surface-to-air missile of the type "SAM-5" penetrates Israeli airspace at a high altitude and explodes in the sea off the shores of Haifa, as it was chasing Israeli fighters that raided targets near the city of Homs targeting a shipment of weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah. Israeli combat aircraft raid over the Lebanese capital Beirut.

February 9, 2022: The Syrian ground forces launch surface-to-air missiles, after a raid carried out by Israeli fighters near the capital, Damascus, and one of the missiles penetrated Israeli airspace and exploded in the air.

Sirens sounded in areas in northern and central Israel, and the Israeli Air Force returned and then carried out a second raid targeting the battery from which the missiles were launched in the first raid, in addition to a radar system.